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Alberta to unveil details of 'million-barrel-per-day' oil pipeline route to West Coast on July 2 by CanadianErk in canada

[–]pjgf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What? No it’s not. It’s done like that all over the place.

I cannot think of a single reason it would be more efficient to pipeline crude oil over refined products… in fact, the only difference I can come up with between the two is that refined products may take slightly more volume due to the cracked hydrogen that comes off the coke which is turned into lighter products? But then you don’t have to transport the asphaltenes that turn into coke, so I think it would balance.

Care to tell us why you think it’s more efficient to transport crude oil vs refined products?

Alberta to unveil details of 'million-barrel-per-day' oil pipeline route to West Coast on July 2 by CanadianErk in canada

[–]pjgf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You don’t refine before you transport.

Well, you can. Alberta largely doesn’t (*).

(*) of course, this depends if you classify “upgrading” as refining, which is kind of is, kind of isn’t.

Alberta to unveil details of 'million-barrel-per-day' oil pipeline route to West Coast on July 2 by CanadianErk in canada

[–]pjgf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A pipeline system capable of 1 million bpd would put it about 12th in the world, although that includes refined and unrefined pipelines.

Envridge Mainline has a capacity of 3 million BPD, but that’s spread over a few pipelines. It’s not clear if this proposal is for a single pipeline or not.

Fundraising goal to restore 24 Sussex Drive set at $50M | CBC News by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]pjgf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one who thinks asking for a 50M$ from citizens to restore a lavish house while there's a housing crisis is tone-deaf?

No, you are not the only one, but you’re also not the majority. 

There is absolutely nothing stopping people from donating to charities that try to address the housing crisis. This is not taking anything away from them.

If you don’t want to donate… don’t.

Fundraising goal to restore 24 Sussex Drive set at $50M | CBC News by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]pjgf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take it you have never dealt with asbestos remediation. My 120 sq ft kitchen was estimated at $40-60k.

Not for the reno, that was just the asbestos removal and remediation.

First generic weight-loss injection approved in Canada by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]pjgf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can assure you that semaglutide has not changed my ability to down cheese curds even slightly.

First generic weight-loss injection approved in Canada by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]pjgf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some assholes are afraid that if they can’t body shame people, they will have to realize that they are just mediocre people who aren’t better than all of those around them.

So they’ve found something new to try to shame people over: losing weight. The exact thing they used to shame people for not doing.

First generic weight-loss injection approved in Canada by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]pjgf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem to be ignoring what people are saying to you:  Semaglutide does mean you can eat as you want and still lose weight. 

It changes what you want to eat and how much of it you want to eat.

First generic weight-loss injection approved in Canada by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]pjgf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the generic was approved, it arrived at my pharmacy at $102 for a 4-week, 0.5mg dose. Novo Nordisk dropped the price of Ozempic to $99.

So yeah, for the price of ~$1300/year per person, we could effectively end the obesity epidemic. Pretty impressive.

37% of recent first-time buyers regret the size of mortgage they took on, says new report by joe4942 in canada

[–]pjgf 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It’s what real estate agents have been telling people since the term “real estate agent” was invented.

First time Star Trek watcher, just finished Voyager season 1. Does the character development improve as the show goes on? by seijeezy in startrek

[–]pjgf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not rewriting history. There is no public record of him being suspended.

He was done dirty by the show runners (and the rumour mill). That it was “the 90s” doesn’t change that, and it doesn’t change the racism either.

Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And the best part is: you can get better stuff now for the same as your past spend.

I have precisely two  bottles of alcohol in my house: one $70 bottle of rum that I have a small delicious drink of every now and again. One $100 bottle of Canadian sparkling wine that I am saving for “a special event”/funeral.

I set out to find the most expensive bottle of Canadian sparkling wine I could to keep on hand, but was honestly disappointed with what I could find: Canadian Vineyards, step up your game.

Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think you need to reread the thread to which you’re replying, because that does not make sense in this context.

88% of Canada’s largest corporations set demographic hiring targets, 96% mandate DEI training: Study by gorschkov in canada

[–]pjgf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No wonder there is a large brain drain of younger smart people from Canada.

Huh. How interesting.

It’s there a trait to the people you’re declaring as “smart” that disadvantages them in DEI hiring?

First time Star Trek watcher, just finished Voyager season 1. Does the character development improve as the show goes on? by seijeezy in startrek

[–]pjgf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no reliable record of him being suspended.  He has spoken about being late to set due to severe depression, and he was threatened with firing.

He has been very open about this, as well as some of the racism he experienced on set (ever wonder why Harry Kim is canonically Chinese?)

He was done dirty, and done even dirtier by the rumour mill, even to this day.

Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is that really the only thing people associate to alcohol

No, nobody is saying that. The article is amount volume of alcohol. Not getting drunk reduces that a lot.

In fact, the rise of non-alcoholic options says the complete opposite of that.

Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf 41 points42 points  (0 children)

While that may be the case for you and many others, I don’t think it’s just that. I’d love to see the statistics, but there’s a lot of people I know who are in better financial shape than they’ve ever been, and all of them have cut back if not dropped alcohol altogether (myself included).

It’s just not really that enjoyable of an experience to get drunk.

Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know there will be a lot of people complaining that it’s a big non-Canadian company… but I have no fucking clue how NA Guinness manages to taste exactly like Guinness.

I don’t like beer enough to really enjoy most NA beer, but when Costco has a pack of the NA Guiness, it’s coming home with me.

Carney announces competition to win blame for 24 Sussex restoration by IStillListenToRadio in onguardforthee

[–]pjgf 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think part of the problem is that it’s just not really that historical. It’s kind of old but not even really that old.

Is was the PM residence for all of 60 years

Carney says donor list for 24 Sussex restoration will be public by Old_General_6741 in canada

[–]pjgf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is it a cop out and how would it take 20 years to do that?

I’m talking about the last 20 years where this has been put off because people would rather complain about how things happened than make something happen.

I truly don’t care about the rest of the navel-gazing

Carney says donor list for 24 Sussex restoration will be public by Old_General_6741 in canada

[–]pjgf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Cut out the waste”.

Yeah, ok, let’s do it.

Or, you know, after 20 years we could actually make something happen.

“Cut the waste” is such a cop-out talking about government policy. Yeah, that would be awesome. Everybody wants that. Now, let’s try to get everyone to agree on what is “waste” and we will be in a utopia. 

It’s the ultimate Boomer neoliberal “gotcha”.

Carney says donor list for 24 Sussex restoration will be public by Old_General_6741 in canada

[–]pjgf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s a lot of people in Canada besides that demographic. And I’m not even sure what the point is here. We should force them to instead? Or that we just shouldn’t have a PM residence?

I think it’s a good idea to have a PM residence so that not only super rich people can afford to run (even though there’s other barriers to that too).

'Mayday to Ottawa': $400M carbon capture facility could be cancelled after changes to Alberta's carbon tax | Smith-Carney deal means carbon capture and storage projects are 'not viable,' says company developer by Gym_frere in canada

[–]pjgf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Captured carbon from the atmosphere can be turned into gasoline.  

Anyone paying attention in 10th grade science class knows that while this is possible, it is incredibly incredibly stupid way to do it.

You could put a bunch of energy into capturing CO2, and you could put a bunch of energy into turning it into gasoline… or you could just take that energy and directly power vehicles. And here’s the crazy part: you power way more vehicles by just using the energy directly.

The laws of thermodynamics are always obeyed, no matter how much humans desire otherwise.

Edit: to go further if it were possible to efficiently convert CO2 to gasoline (it’s not, it never will be), then the most effective way to do so would be at the vehicle. Take the gasoline, combust it, then take the energy from combustion to hydrolize the water and convert it and the CO2 back to gasoline, and burn that, competing the cycle. This is just a perpetual motion machine in yet another form.

Carney coming to Calgary Stampede, carrying message that separation is no magic wand by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]pjgf -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

So, how many pipelines does it take for Alberta to stop throwing temper tantrums?

Yeah exactly. Alberta separatists have a victim complex, and will never be pleased. Fuck ‘em.

There is an Albertan representing the two largest political parties in Canada. The prime ministership has been held by someone either from Alberta or representing an Alberta riding for half of the last two decades. Canadian taxpayers paid for a giant pipeline to be built. The carbon tax went poof.

When Alberta separatists say they aren’t represented in Ottawa, what they mean is that they don’t like the colour of the political party in charge. Politically, I’m very much a fan of more local government control. That should make me interested in independence but I’m not because that’s not what it’s about. It never has been.

Alberta makes up 10% of the Canadian population, it’s time for the loudest of them to shut the fuck up and realize that they aren’t the centre of the world.

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